Bang!
The feeling of a blunt object hitting someone's head is great.
The head of the young man with narrow eyes has now become a very strange shape - with the forehead as the center, it is sunken into the skull.
His head was like a smashed watermelon. The only difference between the two was that when the watermelon was smashed, juice spurted out, while what spurted out of the narrow-eyed young man's head was a mixture of blood and brain matter.
After sending the narrow-eyed young man away with a blow from the flintlock in his hand, Hasegawa immediately pulled out the katana from the narrow-eyed young man's waist with lightning speed.
The cold light reflected by the blade illuminated the narrow passage.
Compared to blunt weapons, Hasegawa is more adept with sharp weapons like swords.
When Hasegawa suddenly broke free from the hemp rope, snatched the flintlock of a musketeer beside him, and smashed the musketeer's head, the Toyotomi clan members around him were all stunned.
It was not until Hasegawa smashed the narrow-eyed young man's head with lightning speed that the surrounding Toyotomi clan members finally reacted and came to their senses.
They were now in a narrow passage that could only accommodate four people at most walking side by side - this kind of terrain... to put it simply and crudely, there was no terrain more suitable for close combat than this.
Before he was 30 , Hasegawa was a well-known gangster in Edo.
Eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking...all the things that hooligans like to do, Hasegawa was no worse than him before he was 30.
To be more precise - Hasegawa still loves doing these things.
Apart from the fact that he rarely goes to prostitutes because of his old age and the fact that he has his own family, Hasegawa still enjoys eating, drinking, gambling and smoking.
When I saw the casino, I wanted to go in and play a few rounds.
My favorite way to spend holidays is to lie leisurely in the room and smoke a pipe.
Although his previous career as a gangster was a dark history that Hasegawa himself did not like to recall, that career still brought Hasegawa a lot of valuable wealth.
For example: When dealing with all kinds of people, he witnessed the darkness that made people shudder, and personally experienced the meaning of the term "human sufferings" that he had often seen in books before. Finally, at the age of 30, he decided to turn over a new leaf, devote himself to the official career, and do what he could for the people.
For example: When I was a gangster, I fought with all kinds of people.
During that period when he fought with people in the streets almost every day, Hasegawa accumulated a wealth of experience in street fighting. This valuable asset still benefits Hasegawa today.
Having successfully drawn his sword, Hasegawa did not swing the blade in his hand immediately.
Instead, he first raised his left foot and stepped with all his strength on the right toes of "Musketeer 1" in front of his left.
Feeling the bone breaking at the bottom of his left foot, Musketeer 1 let out a howl that was not possible for a human being, and squatted down, trying to make himself feel better.
Hasegawa's right foot was not idle either.
After crushing the toes of "Musketeer 1" with one kick, temporarily removing his ability to resist, Hasegawa bent his right leg and used his right knee to hit the lower body of "Musketeer 2" who was standing in front of him on the right.
"The Musketeer 2" felt that his lower body... was as if it was hit by an express carriage.
His head suddenly rushed forward, his hands spread out, loosening the flintlock in his hands, and then stretched his hands to the two organs that were extremely important to men that were broken. His throat made a strange "cluck cluck" sound, and he couldn't even scream. He nauseated and a lot of white foam overflowed from his lips. He knelt on the ground in an unconscious state, and his body trembled at a terrifying frequency.
Hitting that spot with the knee is a sure-fire move when fighting a man - this was taught to Hasegawa by one of his gambling friends when he was still a gangster.
After learning this trick, it has always worked for Hasegawa. Even after he entered the official career, Hasegawa still loved to use this trick. He couldn't remember how many men's "dreams" he had shattered with this trick, and he has accumulated a wealth of "egg-beating" experience.
The gambler who taught Hasegawa this trick once said this to Hasegawa with great melancholy, and Hasegawa deeply agreed with this statement - if our human bodies were really created by gods and Buddhas, then gods and Buddhas were so cruel that they created such a fatal weakness for men.
With just two simple strikes with his feet, Hasegawa temporarily incapacitated one man and made another man permanently incapacitated both his ability to fight and his ability to be a man.
And all this took Hasegawa just over 1 second.
After defeating these two men, Hasegawa raised the sword in his hand, and the blade swept over the heads of the two men, slashing at the other two musketeers behind them.
The blade drew a beautiful arc and slashed diagonally at the cheek of "Musketeer 3" and the chest of "Musketeer 4". Then Hasegawa raised the tip of the knife slightly and stabbed at another guy behind him, "Musketeer 5". When he retracted the knife, he swept the blade towards the body of "Musketeer 1" beside him, who had slightly recovered from the pain of broken toes.
Hasegawa launched an extremely fierce attack.
The surviving members of the Toyotomi clan also launched their counterattacks.
"Musketeer 6" hurriedly took two steps back, increasing the distance between himself and Hasegawa, then raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at Hasegawa.
He was so frightened by Hasegawa who suddenly broke free and started killing people that he didn't care about the order to "bring Hasegawa and others on board".
Hasegawa had never seen a flintlock rifle.
It is better to say that at present, few people in Japan have ever seen a flintlock rifle.
Due to various reasons such as the policy of isolation, Japan is still using extremely backward matchlock guns.
However - although he had never seen a flintlock rifle, looking at the appearance of the flintlock rifle which was extremely similar to the matchlock rifle, no matter how stupid Hasegawa was, he could guess that this must be some strange-looking rifle.
When Hasegawa saw from the corner of his eye that "Musketeer 6" pointed the muzzle of his gun at him, his pupils immediately shrank.
Then, without any hesitation, Hasegawa's lips moved in an exaggerated manner, making a "huh" sound, and then he pursed his lips and spat a mouthful of extremely thick saliva towards the face of "Musketeer 6".
This large pool of saliva hit Musketeer 6's right eye squarely.
Musketeer 6 only let out a scream, then subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the saliva off his face.
This time, a fatal flaw was revealed.
Hasegawa quickly took two steps towards the position where "Musketeer 6" was standing. After closing the distance, he slashed with his sword, opening the top of "Musketeer 6's head".
Hasegawa, who has a good family background, received extremely orthodox and strict swordsmanship training since he was a child.
During that "gangster time", Hasegawa accumulated a wealth of practical experience and street fighting skills.
The combination of the two has led to Hasegawa's current fighting style: no matter how despicable it is, as long as he can win.
Although Hasegawa's skills were very strong, the number of enemies was still too large.
When Hasegawa ran over to kill "Musketeer 6", "Musketeer 7" not far away raised the muzzle of his gun and aimed at Hasegawa.
His finger was already on the trigger.
Fortunately, Hasegawa is not fighting alone.
When Hasegawa suddenly attacked and killed Toyotomi's troops in pieces, Isshiki Naoaki and his men were stunned.
But soon, they realized what the situation was.
After seeing "Musketeer 7" pointing his gun at Hasegawa, Isshiki Naoshu didn't think much about it. He just gritted his teeth, took a few quick steps to run up, and then leaped forward, "using his body as a cannonball" to crash into "Musketeer 7", knocking "Musketeer 7" to the ground with his gun.
Bang!
At the same moment that Isshiki Naoshu knocked down "Musketeer 7", "Musketeer 7" happened to pull the trigger.
Due to Isshiki Naoshu's interference, the muzzle of the gun was raised several angles, and the bullet, which should have had a great chance of hitting Hasegawa, hit the stone wall above Hasegawa's head.
At this time, Hasegawa had successfully dealt with "Musketeer 6" and successfully noticed "Musketeer 7" who almost took his life just now.
Hasegawa jumped in the direction of "Musketeer 7" and leaped in front of "Musketeer 7". Then, using gravity, he made a beautiful jump cut, splitting "Musketeer 7"'s head in half.
This is a battle that, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Hasegawa and his men. After all, no one knows whether reinforcements will arrive.
Therefore, after killing "Musketeer 7", Hasegawa gritted his teeth and accelerated his attack on the remaining surviving Toyotomi clan members.
There were only four Toyotomi clan members left alive.
After witnessing with their own eyes how their companions were defeated by Hasegawa with overwhelming force, the remaining people all changed their complexion and looked terrified.
"Try to hold him back! I'll go report to Lord Gao Qing!"
After yelling like this, someone turned around and ran towards the corridor behind him, holding the flintlock in his arms.
What he said just now was actually very beautiful. The best solution for them at the moment was to quickly find reinforcements.
Hasegawa naturally would not give them the chance to find reinforcements, nor would he allow them any chance to breathe.
As the chief of the fire thieves, he often deals with muskets.
So he knew very well that if the musketeers were given a chance to catch their breath and point their guns at you, it would be a big trouble.
Therefore, without even catching his breath, Hasegawa rushed towards the Toyotomi clan's followers who were still standing like a wild bull.
At this time, the father and son, Isshiki Naomasa and Isshiki Rusui, also officially joined the battle.
Their hands were still tied behind their backs, making them unable to hold any weapons. Therefore, they could only support Hasegawa in a slightly funny, but unexpectedly useful way - "human bomb impact".
The father and son seized the opportunity and worked together to crash into "Musketeer 8" who was not paying attention to them.
After Hasegawa quickly killed "Musketeer 9" and "Musketeer 10" who were unable to aim their guns in time due to Hasegawa's attack coming too quickly and the terrain restrictions, he rushed to the side of "Musketeer 8" who was knocked down and sent "Musketeer 8" to his death as well.
The only person still alive was the guy who was about to go and tip off.
Hasegawa raised his eyes and looked at the guy who was going to report the news - he had already run quite a distance away.
The distance is so far that it is extremely difficult to catch up.
Throw the knife over and stab him to death? Hasegawa had never practiced any throwing skills before...
At this moment, Hasegawa suddenly caught a glimpse of... a flintlock rifle dropped by a Toyotomi clan member at his feet.
Looking at the flintlock rifle at his feet, Hasegawa made up his mind, leaned over, picked up the gun, and pointed it at the back of the guy who was going to report the news.
——Let’s take a gamble!
After shouting this in his heart, Hasegawa pulled the trigger.
Bang!
"Ugh!"
The guy who was going to report the news screamed, then struggled for a few times, and finally slowly collapsed to the ground.
—Hit…?
Looking at the guy lying on the ground, Hasegawa looked at the flintlock in his hand with a look of surprise and a bit of disbelief.
When Hasegawa shouted "let's make a bet" in his heart just now, he was actually betting on two things.
1: This strange-looking rifle can fire by pulling the trigger.
Two: Be able to hit that guy.
Since Hasegawa had never come into contact with a flintlock rifle before, it was naturally impossible for him to know how to fire a flintlock rifle.
Therefore, Hasegawa could only bet that the rifle at his feet was in ready-to-fire state and could fire with just a pull of the trigger.
Having never come into contact with a flintlock rifle before, Hasegawa naturally had no idea about its accuracy.
Hasegawa knew how impressive the accuracy of the matchlock rifle was...
Facing a target 10 steps away, the hit rate of the matchlock gun is basically not guaranteed.
Hasegawa instinctively guessed that this musket, which looked very similar to a matchlock gun, must not be very accurate.
So, Hasegawa had no choice but to gamble.
Try his luck.
Fortunately, he won the bet.
After knocking the guy down with one shot, Hasegawa threw away the gun in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
After balancing his breathing a little, he picked up his knife, walked towards Isshiki Naoshige and others, and cut the hemp rope that tied Isshiki Naoshige and others' hands behind their backs.
As soon as his hands were freed, Isshiki Naoshu said to Hasegawa with a look of deep emotion: "Hasegawa-sama..."
Unfortunately, he just had time to say "Master Hasegawa" when he was interrupted by Hasegawa:
"We'll talk about small talk later."
"Now concentrate and get out of here quickly."
"Hurry up and help me take the key from that narrow-eyed guy."
"Then pick up all the cannons that have never been fired."
"At this time, one more weapon means one more protection."
After saying that, Hasegawa thrust the katana in his right hand into the ground beside him, then slowly raised his left hand.
“Master Hasegawa…!” Looking at Hasegawa’s left hand, Isshiki Naoshu, his son, and his daughter-in-law all took a deep breath, “Your hand…?!”
Hasegawa's left wrist... was now like a soft noodle, in a very strange twisted state.
"Don't worry. It's okay." Hasegawa smiled at Isshiki Naoshu and the others, "I wasn't injured by the enemy. I dislocated my joint on purpose. Don't just stand there like an idiot. Go get me the key and the cannon."
After saying that, Hasegawa raised his right hand, pressed his left wrist, and prepared to restore his left wrist.
While pressing on his left wrist and trying to reconnect it, Hasegawa sighed in his heart with a sigh:
——This bone-removing technique... it's really not something a human can learn...
After successfully establishing a human foot hospital that specializes in teaching prisoners a skill, the hospital has helped countless prisoners to turn over a new leaf and gain the ability to live a normal life in society.
Countless prisoners who were redeemed by Hitoshi Yoshiba spontaneously expressed their gratitude to Hasegawa in various ways in order to express their gratitude for his kindness.
One of the most common ways for prisoners to express their gratitude to Hasegawa is to teach him the unique skills they have unknowingly developed while committing crimes.
Once upon a time, there was a habitual thief who was inspired by Hasegawa at the Hitoshiyomasa and made up his mind to turn over a new leaf. In order to thank Hasegawa, he taught Hasegawa the unique skills he had learned while stealing.
The habitual thief named his skill "Bone-Removing Technique".
Simply put, it is a skill that, after being mastered, allows one to dislocate and reconnect bones and joints at will. After mastering it, one can squeeze limbs or the entire torso into places that normally would be impossible to squeeze into.
Because he was very interested in this skill, Hasegawa studied it quite seriously.
But whether it was because he had no talent for it, or because this skill was inherently difficult, after studying very seriously, Hasegawa still only learned half of it. He could only dislocate and reconnect his wrist and ankle, and he could not always succeed.
This morning, after seeing Master Xianyuan and listening to his ridiculous remarks, Hasegawa made up his mind to "never have any contact with the Toyotomi family."
In order to escape from this den of thieves, Hasegawa decided to try to use the "bone-removing technique" to escape from prison.
His original intention was actually to see if he could use the bone-dislocating technique to squeeze his body out from the gap between the cell bars.
But who would have known - it was just noon when Hasegawa had a great opportunity to escape.
For unknown reasons, the Toyotomi clan suddenly wanted to transfer them away.
Maybe because they were in a hurry to take them away, they didn't put them in shackles or anything else. They just tied their hands behind their backs with hemp ropes .
This gave Hasegawa an excellent opportunity.
A great opportunity to get away safely.
So, while he kept asking questions to the narrow-eyed young man to attract the attention of the narrow-eyed young man and the rest of the Toyotomi clan, he secretly used the bone-dislocating technique to dislocate his left wrist and free his left hand from the hemp rope.
With both hands tied behind the back, if the left hand could be freed, the right hand would also be freed.
This is how Hasegawa regained freedom for his hands.
Isshiki Naoshige and the others are not ignorant and unaware of the times.
They also knew that now was indeed not the time to chat, so when Hasegawa was concentrating on recovering his left wrist, Isshiki Naoshu and the others said nothing more and quickly dispersed, some taking keys from the narrow-eyed young man, some picking up rifles.
"Hmm..." Hasegawa clenched his left wrist with his right hand and pulled it hard a few times. When he released his right hand, his left wrist was still strangely twisted like a noodle.
"Just now... it seems that I dislocated the joint a little too hard..." Hasegawa said with a wry smile.
Just now, in order to ensure that his left hand could be successfully freed from the hemp rope, Hasegawa deliberately used extra strength to dislocate his left wrist.
And now, Hasegawa has tasted the consequences of his action - he found that he seems unable to reconnect his left wrist.
If I want to reattach my left wrist, I'm afraid I'll have to seek help from a professional doctor.
"Lord Hasegawa." At this time, Hasegawa heard Isshiki Naoshu calling him.
Turning around, he saw Isshiki Naoshige, who was carrying several flintlock rifles along with his son and daughter-in-law, handing Hasegawa the key that the narrow-eyed young man had just used to open the lock of Hasegawa and Isshiki Naoshige's cell.
"This is the key that was found on that narrow-eyed guy!"
"Okay." Unable to reconnect his left wrist, Hasegawa simply ignored it and let his now unusable left hand drag in front of him. He took the key handed over by Isshiki Naoshu with his right hand, "Follow me! Remember to follow closely!"